Wall hangers



Dec. 27, 1966 s. B. TOPF 3,294,355

WALL HANGERS Filed Feb. 25, 1965 //V VE N TOR FIG.6 Seem BTOPF nitedStates Patent 3,294,355 WALL HANGERS Sam B. Topf, Coral Gables, Fla,assignor of one-half to Louis Rolniclr, Miami Beach, Fla. Filed Feb. 23,1965, Ser. No. 434,228 3 Claims. (Cl. 248467) This invention relates tohangers and is more particularly directed to wall hangers for supportingpictures and the like on a wall.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide a wall hangerfor pictures and the like that are fastened to the wall and picture byan adhesive and that are readily interengaged to support the picture onthe wall.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a wall hanger forsupporting pictures and the like on a wall without defacing the wall.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a wall hangerfor pictures and the like with a metallic hook member that is shaped andformed in one punch press operation.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a wallhanger for pictures and the like with a metallic hook member having aslotted portion whereby a pair of the wall hangers will interengage whenone hanger is mounted on a wall and the other on the picture.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide wallhangers for pictures and the like that are simple in construction,inexpensive in cost and will maintain the pictures on the wall in anexactly vertical position without any danger of the hangers becomingdisengaged.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be bestunderstood from a consideration of the following detailed descriptiontaken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification, with the understanding, however, that the invention isnot confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawingbut may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modificationsmark no material departure from the salient features of the invention asexpressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a front perspective view of a wall hanger constructed inaccordance with my invention.

FIGURE 2 is a rear perspective view.

FIGURES 3 and 4 are front and side elevational views respectively of themetallic hook member.

FIGURE 5 is a top plan View thereof.

FIGURE 6 is a rear elevational view of the wall hanger showing themetallic hook member in position prior to the flaps being folded.

FIGURE 7 is a longitudinal cross sectional view of a picture mounted ona wall showing the use of a pair of my interlocking wall hangers.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals are used to designatesimilar parts throughout the several views, the numeral 10 refers to awall hanger constructed in accordance with my invention and consistingof two parts, namely, a metallic hook member H and a cloth or fabricsupport member C.

The hook member H comprises a piece of metal formed by a single punchpress operation wherein the main body of the member H has the shape of apair of dissimilar sized triangles 11 and 12 joined at their baseportions with a tongue-like hook portion 16 punched from the main body11, 12 leaving an opening 14 in the main body. During the punch pressoperation, the hook portion 16 is pressed out of coplanar relation withthe body portion 11, 12 with the pointed end 13 and the hook portion 16lying in the same plane as best shown by FIGURE 4 to form a slottedportion 14.

The cloth or fabric support member C consists of an elongatedrectangular shaped flexible member 20 having a slot 22 extendinginwardly of one edge 21 of the member 20 with the corners of the endportion 22 removed by diagonal cuts as at 23 and 24. One side of theentire length of the rectangular cloth member 20 is provided with anadhesive 25 for assembling the wall hanger 10 and for mounting the wallhanger 10 on a wall or picture as shown by FIGURES 6 and 7 respective y.

In the assembly of the wall hanger 10, the length of cloth or fabric 20is placed with the adhesive side 25 upward and the metallic hook memberH is placed on the fabric 20 at the position of the slot 22. The tongue13 is inserted in the slot 22 and slid downwardly to the lowermostposition therein. Then the end portions 21, 21 are folded as at 26 andthe adhesive moistened so that the flap ends 21, 21 will adhere to themetallic hook member H and to each other to firmly fasten the hookmember H in the fabric member C.

The wall hanger 10 is now ready for use either on a wall 30 or on apicture 40. Since the wall hanger 10 is capable of being interlockedwith a second wall hanger 10, my device 10 may be used both on the wall30 and the picture 41) as best shown by FIGURE 7. Upon moistening theadhesive 20 that is exposed on the fabric cloth C, the wall hanger 10-is then afiixedto the wall 30 with the tongue 13 of the hook member Hdirected upwardly. Now a second wall hanger 10 is affixed in a similarmanner to the rear side of the picture 20 with the tongue 13 directed ona downward direction. The tongues 13 of both the wall hangers 10 areplaced in juxtaposition with each other with each tongue 13 received bythe slotted portion 14 of the other wall hanger 10. The wall hanger 10mounted on the picture 40 will slide downwardly along the tongue 13 ofthe wall hanger 10 until the base portions 17, 17 of the tongues 13, 13engage each other.

The picture 40 cannot be inadvertently placed on the wall 30 in anon-aligned or inclined position since the tongues 13 can only engageeach other at the bases 17, 17, and as long as the wall hangers 10 areplaced properly on the wall and picture, the latter must hang exactly ina vertical position.

Having disclosed my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A wall hanger comprising a substantially rectangular sheet offlexible material having a slotted portion extending inwardly of one endforming a flap on each side of said slotted portion, an adhesive coatingextending over one side of said sheet of flexible material, a hookmember positioned on said sheet of flexible material in proximity ofsaid slotted portion and in contact relation with said adhesive coating,a tongue portion extending outwardly of said hook member, said tongueportion being received by said slotted portion and extending outwardlyof the other of said one side of said sheet of flexible material, andsaid flaps being folded at an oblique angle on themselves and on saidhook member whereby said hook member is secured within said folded sheetof flexible material.

2. A wall hanger comprising a substantially elongated sheet of flexiblematerial, said flexible materal having a slotted portion extendinginward-1y from one edge thereof forming flaps on each side of saidslotted portion, an adhesive coated on one side of said flexiblematerial, a hook member having a substantially flat body portion lyingsubstantially in a plane and a hook portion punched outwardly of saidbody portion, said hook portion lying in a plane spaced from that ofsaid hook body member, said hook member positioned on said flexiblematerial in contact relation with said adhesive coating, with said hookportion extending through said slotted portion to a position spaced fromthe other of said one side of said sheet of flexible material, and saidflaps being folded at an oblique angle on themselves and on said hookmember whereby said hook member is secured within said folded sheet offlexible material.

3. A wall hanger comprising a substantially elongated sheet of flexiblematerial, said flexible material having a slotted portion extendinginwardly from one edge thereof forming flaps on each side of saidslotted portion, an adhesive coated on one side of said flexiblematerial, a hook member having a substantially flat body portion withobliquely extending edge portions and a hook portion punched outwardlyof said body portion, said hook portion lying in a plane spaced fromthat of said hook body member, said hook member positioned on saidflexible material in contact relation with said adhesive coating, withsaid hook portion extending through said slotted portion to a positionspaced from the other of said one side of said sheet of flexiblematerial, and said flaps being folded at said oblique edge portions ofsaid hook member and said flaps being glued to said hook member to eachother whereby said hook member is secured within said folded sheet offlexible material.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,122,999 7/1938Burke 248--29 2,891,757 6/1959 Lang 248-224 CLAUDE A. LE ROY, PrimaryExaminer.

JOHN PETO, Examiner.

1. A WALL HANGER COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECETANGULAR SHEET OFFLEXIBLE MATERIAL HAVING A SLOTTED PORTION ETENDING INWARDLY OF ONE ENDFORMING A FLAP ON EACH SIDE OF SAID SLOTTED PORTION, AN ADHESIVE COATINGEXTENDING OVER ONE SIDE OF SAID SHEET OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL, A HOOKMEM,BER POSITIONED ON SAID SHEET OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL IN PROXIMITY OFSAID SLOTTED PORTION AND IN CONTACT RELATION WITH SAID ADHESIVE COATING,A TONGUE PORTION EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OF SAID HOOK MEMBER, SAID TONGUEPORTION BEING RECEIVED BY SAID SLOTTED PORTION AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLYOF THE OTHER OF SAID ONE SIDE OF SAID SHEET OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL, ANDSAID FLAPS BEING FOLDED AT AN OBLIQUE ANGLE ON THEMSELVES AND ON SAIDHOOK MEMBER WHEREBY SAID HOOK MEMBER IS SECURED WITHIN SAID FOLDED SHEETOF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL.